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ReviewCancers2020

Flavonoids in Cancer Metastasis.

Alena Liskova, Lenka Koklesova, Marek Samec, Karel Smejkal, Samson Mathews Samuel, Elizabeth Varghese, Mariam Abotaleb, Kamil Biringer, Erik Kudela, Jan Danko and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Advances in quercetin-based therapeutics for breast cancer: natural, synthetic, and nanotechnology-driven approaches.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  12. Prunin: An Emerging Anticancer Flavonoid.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. Anticancer Potential of Bioactive Compounds inCancer management and research · 2025
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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Alena LiskovaClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Lenka KoklesovaClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Marek SamecClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Karel SmejkalDepartment of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4336-7924
Samson Mathews SamuelDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha 24144, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5541-6623
Elizabeth VargheseDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Mariam AbotalebDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Kamil BiringerClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Erik KudelaClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Jan DankoClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Mehdi ShakibaeiMusculoskeletal Research Group and Tumour Biology, Chair of Vegetative Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany.
Taeg Kyu KwonDepartment of Immunology and School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu 426 01, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1204-2059
Dietrich BüsselbergDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Peter KubatkaDepartment of Medical Biology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-5196-3366
Comenius University Bratislava · SKWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QAKeimyung University · KRLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEMasaryk University · CZ

Funding

European Regional Development Fund ITMS: 26220120053Qatar National Research Fund NPRP 11S-1214-170101Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV VEGA 1/0136/19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis represents a serious complication in the treatment of cancer. Flavonoids are plant secondary metabolites exerting various health beneficiary effects. The effects of flavonoids against cancer are associated not only with early stages of the cancer process, but also with cancer progression and spread into distant sites. Flavonoids showed potent anti-cancer effects against various cancer models in vitro and in vivo, mediated via regulation of key signaling pathways involved in the migration and invasion of cancer cells and metastatic progression, including key regulators of epithelial-mesenchymal transition or regulatory molecules such as MMPs, uPA/uPAR, TGF-β and other contributors of the complex process of metastatic spread. Moreover, flavonoids modulated also the expression of genes associated with the progression of cancer and improved inflammatory status, a part of the complex process involved in the development of metastasis. Flavonoids also documented clear potential to improve the anti-cancer effectiveness of conventional chemotherapeutic agents. Most importantly, flavonoids represent environmentally-friendly and

Indexed as

cancerflavonoidsmetastasisphytochemicals

Identifiers

PMID32521759
PMCPMC7352928
OpenAlexW3033478340

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